both-handedness

Noun

both-handedness (uncountable)

1. Ambidexterity.
   • It has been claimed by some modern scientists that ambidexterity, or both-handedness, is the natural condition of the race, and that the use of one hand or the other by preference is an acquired habit belonging to the period of development in childhood.1893, John Clark Ridpath, Great races of mankind, page 40
   • Until recently, and even now, both-handedness (ambidextrousness) has been mentioned as a cause of reading difficulties rather than seen as an indicator of immaturity.2012, Sally Smith, No Easy Answer: The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School, →ISBN
2. The property of involving two sides, approaches, or orientations.
   • Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved.1867, C.H. Spurgeon, The Sword and the trowel, →ISBN, page 58
   • The opposite-handednesses of the monolayer domains composed of D- and L-enantiomers, presence of both-handedness in racemic domains, ...2011, Nilashis Nandi, Chirality in Biological Nanospaces: Reactions in Active Sites, →ISBN, page 5